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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration to Close Palestine Liberation Organization Office in Washington  —  The Trump administration is expected to announce Monday it will close the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington, widening a campaign of pressure amid stalled Middle East peace efforts.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Administration Threatens International Criminal Court and the P.L.O.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will threaten to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court if it pursues an investigation of American troops in Afghanistan, opening a harsh new attack on an old nemesis of many on the political right.
The National:   US confirms closure of Palestinian mission in Washington
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
SEE IT: Cynthia Nixon Orders Cinnamon Raisin Bagel With... Lox And Capers  —  There's something about New York's endless supply of authentic eateries that transforms aspiring politicians into weird aliens who've never before encountered the concept of food: Back in the 1970s …
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Michael Caputo Says He Figured Out the Identity of NYT Op-Ed Writer: She ‘Believes that She is a Hero’  —  On Sunday, former Trump campaign director Michael Caputo claimed he knows who the author of the mysterious New York Times op-ed is and insisted the person behind the prose is a woman.
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Dem Who Compared Trump to Bin Laden Also Said ‘Nazis’ Work in White House
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NRCC
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:   The Circus of Resistance  —  The resistance to Donald Trump …
Washington Post:
GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged events  —  Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe …
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?  —  The most famous entrepreneur of his generation is facing a public reckoning with the power of Big Tech.  —  At ten o'clock on a weekday morning in August, Mark Zuckerberg, the chairman and C.E.O. of Facebook …
Discussion: AOL, more at Techmeme »
Seanna Adcox / Post and Courier:
Evacuations ordered for SC coast as Hurricane Florence nears, effective Tuesday  —  COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster will order evacuations along South Carolina's entire 187-mile coastline border starting at noon Tuesday, saying residents and tourists must get out of Hurricane Florence's …
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Donald Trump / Associated Press:
The Latest: South Carolina to evacuate coast
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
In rare event, Atlantic, Pacific churn with storms at same time
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Raleigh News & Observer:   We're dropping the paywall on our website ahead of Hurricane Florence. Here's why.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Releases Tape of Sarah Huckabee Sanders Agreeing With Trump's ‘Lies’  —  In a new tape played by Omarosa Manigault Newman on ‘The View,’ Sarah Huckabee Sanders can be heard confirming Trump's distortion of the Russia story.  —  With Bob Woodward's new book climbing the best-seller charts ahead …
Discussion: Mediaite and ABC News
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
A Mathematician Says Activists Made His Paper Disappear Because Its Findings Offended Them  —  Theodore Hill, a retired professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech, claims that activists successfully pressured the New York Journal of Mathematics to delete an article he had written …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
State of The 2018 House Race  —  Dems do better in Dem precincts than GOP in GOP precincts;  —  Race, gender and education divide core support from persuadable voters  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The Monmouth University Poll finds the race for control of the House of Representatives to be tight …
Discussion: Political Wire
TMZ.com:
Broadway Star Carole Cook on Trump, 'Where's John Wilkes Booth When You Need Him?'  —  Legendary Broadway star Carole Cook said something so shocking when asked about Donald Trump — “Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?”  —  Cook and her husband were leaving Craig's in WeHo Sunday night …
Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Veteran Broadway actress asks: 'Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?'
Discussion: twitchy.com
New York Times:
An Interview With George Papadopoulos  —  The former Trump campaign adviser speaks for the first time about why he lied to the F.B.I.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   Joseph Mifsud Is Alive, His Adviser Says
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Urgent Question of Trump and Money Laundering  —  How Bruce Ohr, President Trump's latest Twitter target, fits a suspicious pattern of behavior on Russia.  —  Donald Trump has a long history of doing what he thinks is best for Donald Trump.  If he needs to discard friends, allies or wives along the way, so be it.
Discussion: Shakesville
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:   Bruce Ohr notes contradict Glenn Simpson on Donald Trump, Russia collusion theory
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Democrat Who Could Lead Trump's Impeachment Isn't Sure It's Warranted  —  BROOKLYN—"Right now, I don't want to talk about it," Jerry Nadler told his curious, concerned constituent.  “We don't want to talk about it.”  —  The man positioned to lead the House of Representatives' impeachment effort …
YouTube:
Inside the making of Ben Folds's ‘Mister Peepers’  —  The Washington Post Magazine asked Ben Folds to write a song about anything.  He chose Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.  Subscribe to The Washington Pos...
NBC News:
North Korea is still making nukes, and the Trump admin is taking a harder line  —  The newest intelligence shows Kim's regime has stepped up efforts to hide its nuclear weapons production, say three senior U.S. officials.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump issues a steady stream …
Pete Madden / ABC News:
Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was paid to pursue access to Vladimir Putin for TV show  —  Maria Butina, the alleged Russian agent who stands accused of developing a covert influence operation in the United States, boasted of connections to high-ranking Kremlin officials and was even paid …
Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:
Allegations of racism at Orange County high school football game underscore broader tension in the Trump era  —  The fallout over allegations of racism at a recent Orange County high school football game erupted on social media over the weekend, reflecting the broader tension gripping the country in the Trump era.
CNN:
Rep. Mia Love's campaign admits to improperly raising primary election funds  —  (CNN)Rep. Mia Love's campaign has informed the Federal Election Commission that it will refund or redesignate less than half of what the government says was more than a million dollars improperly raised for a primary …
Discussion: Roll Call and Political Wire
Robert Herguth / Chicago Sun-Times:
Cupich on scandal: ‘We have a bigger agenda than to be distracted by all of this’  —  The young man studying at Mundelein Seminary to become a Catholic priest seemed anguished as he vented to Cardinal Blase Cupich about the clergy sex-abuse scandal that threatens to topple Pope Francis and drive more people away from the faith.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Scott Walker fatigue’ haunts Republicans  —  Signs that the Wisconsin governor is ripe to be taken down are everywhere.  —  GREEN BAY, Wisc.  — There's every reason to believe this is the beginning of the end for Scott Walker.  —  His presidential bid crashed and burned.
Discussion: Splinter
Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Les Moonves' CBS Replacement Dodges Sexual Misconduct Issues In Email To Staff  —  Joseph Ianniello only briefly alludes to diversity and cultural issues.  Meanwhile, Moonves stays on in an advisory role.  —  Interim CBS Corp. chief executive Joseph Ianniello took the helm at the media company on Monday …
 
 
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Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
Michael Moore takes mic away after David Hogg urges foreign meddling in American elections
Discussion: Instapundit
USA Today:
Subway $5 Footlong is going away, but paninis may be coming
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Amazon Is Worth $1 Trillion. Its Workers Are on Food Stamps.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:
Shhhh! Dem leaders don't want to say ‘impeach.’ Bill Clinton's case explains why.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Koch network unveils new super PAC as Republicans fight to hold majorities in Congress
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Killing an Executive Order Is Harder Than You Think
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
A Spy Story: Sergei Skripal Was a Little Fish. He Had a Big Enemy.
Dana Rubinstein / Politico:
Mass transit absentia: Don't look for Cuomo on the subway platform
Jedediah Purdy / New York Times:
A Progressive's Guide to Reclaiming the Constitution
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log:
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

Karen Weise / New York Times:
Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet disclosed that they had spent $32B+ combined on data centers and other capital expenses in Q1, as they accelerate AI spending

 
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